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October 1, 2005
| Distance Education Report - October 1, 2005 - Full issue … |
| Web Conferencing Solutions for Higher Ed: Buyer Beware By Susan Gaide Studies indicate that some degree of synchronous delivery benefits online students and leads to greater student satisfaction in online distance education programs. Web conferencing is a means to that end, and can be accomplished in a number of ways. |
| Sloan Consortium Offers Free Semester Online for Katrina Victims The Sloan Consortium, the association of colleges and universities working to establish quality standards in distance education, is offering students whose studies have been interrupted by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education with tuition-free online courses. |
| Ask Naj Dear Naj, I have come across many references to “podcasting” lately. While I think I understand how it works, I not sure I understand how it would benefit my distance education program. What are its advantages for teaching and learning? Will it only reach people with Apple iPods? And what hardware do I need to get started? Pod Man Out |
| Ongoing Student Evaluation Essential to Course Improvement Student evaluations are an essential source of information on how well an online course is meeting its objectives and can point to ways to improve course design and delivery. To be useful, evaluations should address each of Kirpatrick’s four levels of evaluation: reactions, learning, transfer, and results. |
| Boosting Faculty Participation in Support Activities By Judy Dahl Several years ago Patrice Hess, instructional technology specialist at Illinois Central College, noticed from the questions faculty sent her way that many were unaware of the support resources the college had to offer. Her colleague, Dr. Molly Baker, consultant and CEO at New Leaf Learning Designs, Inc., had discovered the same thing. |
| International Students Need Help Online There are other kinds of international students in addition to the ones you see walking across campus. They’re online international students, and they can have as many cultural confusions as their on-campus counterparts. |
